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REPLY:

MR PRESIDENT,

(A)

(B)

32

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1994

OR

HONG

COUNCIL FOR

THE

KONG

ACADEMIC ACCREDITATION AUTHORITY (HKCAA) ACTS AS AN INDEPENDENT ACCREDITING

OFFERED TO ASSESS THE STANDARDS OF DEGREE PROGRAMMES

LOCAL TO BE OFFERED BY

NON-UNIVERSITY TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS. IT ALSO PROVIDES ADVICE AND INFORMATION OF ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND ON THE COMPARABILITY

SYSTEMS IN OTHER COUNTRIES. IT WOULD ACCREDITATION

AUTHORITY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR A LOCAL ACCREDITING

APPROVED

ΤΟ

AND OFFERED

THERE IS NO PLAN, THEREFORE,

COVER

COURSES THAT ARE ACCREDIT ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD. ΤΟ EXTEND THE HKCAA'S ACCREDITING AUTHORITY TO NON-LOCAL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.

THE RECOGNITION MATTERS IN

PROFESSIONAL EXERCISE THEIR OWN DISCRETION ON THE BASIS

EMPLOYMENT

WHICH

QUALIFICATIONS OF NON-LOCAL

INSTITUTIONS, TERTIARY THE

ARE AND EMPLOYERS BODIES,

ARE

THE

FREE OF THEIR

TO

NEEDS.

ΤΟ

NON-LOCAL

THE

ASSESSMENT

OWN ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL AND HKCAA IS, HOWEVER, A USEFUL SOURCE OF INFORMATION

OF OF THE STANDARD FACILITATE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPOINTMENTS TO CIVIL SERVICE.

ASSESSMENT OF NON-LOCAL

POSTS, GOVERNMENT

IN

ARE

THE

OF

ON APPLICATIONS FOR CIVIL SERVICE DOES NOT KEEP A RECORD ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS WHO

COUNTRY. HOLD QUALIFICATIONS FROM A PARTICULAR GENERAL,

QUALIFICATIONS

MADE

REGARD TO ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS HAVING STANDING OF THE ISSUING INSTITUTION, THE CONTENT THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMME, AS WELL AS THE ADVICE FROM THE

AUTHORITY CONCERNED OR THE ACCREDITATION

RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL BODIES, WHERE SUCH ADVICE IS CONSIDERED NECESSARY. THE BENCHMARK IS WHETHER THE NON-LOCAL QUALIFICATION IS OF A COMPARABLE STANDARD TO THAT OF A LOCAL QUALIFICATION.

POSTS IN

THE

AS

FOR TEACHER APPLICATIONS REGARDS PUBLIC SECTOR, AGAIN NO SEPARATE RECORD IS KEPT ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS WHO HOLD NON-LOCAL QUALIFICATIONS ONLY. IN GENERAL, HOLDERS OF NON-LOCAL QUALIFICATIONS ΤΟ THAT ARE NOT REGARDED AS OF A COMPARABLE STANDARD LOCAL QUALIFICATIONS MAY BECOME TEACHERS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR EITHER

(1)

THROUGH COMPLETING A POST-GRADUATE

CERTIFICATE

IN EDUCATION OR DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION AT A LOCAL WHICH UNIVERSITY, THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF WILL ENABLE THE PERSON TO BECOME A NON-GRADUATE TEACHER IN LOCAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS. THERE ARE 25 SUCH PERSONS HOLDING PRC SO EMPLOYED IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR; OR

CURRENTLY DEGREES

/(II) THROUGH PASSING